POLLEN PROBLEMS
Some 35,000 to 60,000 U.S. emergency department visits for asthma each year may be linked to oak, birch, and grass[…]
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Author: Gail McCormick
Gail McCormick has been a leader in climate change activism for over 40 years. Her relevant award-winning art has been shown in museums, university galleries, and at the landmark UN Rio Conference. As a board member of HealthLink, she helped eradicate antiquated Massachusetts coal power plants and has been chair of Sustainable Arlington, MA. She has a Master’s degree from Columbia University. Follow her on Twitter @GailMcCormick20.
A NEW SOURCE OF ENERGY A nanoscale device harnessing the hydroelectric effect can harvest electricity from evaporation of fluids with[…]
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CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERN
A survey of Australian university Generation Z students (born between 1995 and 2010) found climate change their number one environmental[…]
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BOUNTIFUL BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
Researchers have used non-toxic blue-green algae as a surrogate mother for a new protein, coaxing the microalgae to produce ‘meat[…]
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DISTURBING METHANE DISCOVERY
High concentrations of methane have been discovered in meltwater from three Canadian mountain glaciers, where it wasn’t thought to exist–adding[…]
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CLIMATE CHANGE HUMOR
Cartoon by Tom Toro “A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.”[…]
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THWAITES TROUBLING NEWS
The Antarctica Thwaites Glacier is the world’s widest glacier measuring about 80 miles on the western edge of Antarctica. The[…]
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SIGNIFICANT SOLAR CELL IMPROVEMENT
Complex computer simulations have been employed to develop a new design for significantly more efficient solar cells. To do that,[…]
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ANTARCTICA’S SHRINKING ANCHORS
Undersea anchors of ice that help prevent Antarctica’s land ice from slipping into the ocean are shrinking at more than[…]
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